The Shadow 306 The Blackest Mail by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant [Grant, Maxwell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Street & Smith
Published: 1946-07-31T22:00:00+00:00

The man poked his gun up through the space between Genia’s arm and her body. He sent a bullet into the back of the cab where The Shadow was; then, slowly, ever so slowly, he began to step backward towards the police.

He spoke again. “You cops can shoot… but any bullet that hits me will tighten my finger the fraction of an inch it needs to send a shot through her!”

He was stepping delicately over the wreckage of the gate now.

The few others who still were functioning began to follow his retreat.

And then, when it looked like the impasse was unbreakable, Genia took a chance!

The man had relaxed his grasp on her arm just a trifle and it was this that she took advantage of!

She threw herself forward, on her face. The sudden unexpected movement caught the man off guard. Her weight carried her forward, breaking his hold.

He was off step, caught off balance.

He stood a moment stupidly, looking down at the most glamorous woman in America, who sprawled in an ungraceful heap and then, regaining his wits, he turned to run, his gun up and pointed at the nearest cop.

It was then that The Shadow fired. The shot hit right where The Shadow had planned it, catching him behind the knees. He fell forward just missing Genia.

That ended the affair. The police collared the few remaining gunmen.

One of the police stepped toward the cab that had been the target of all the shooting. He was curious as to whom or what had caused the holocaust. But when he peered into the dim inside of the back of the cab, it was empty. The Shadow was gone.

The cop shrugged and turned to see his aides handcuffing the men who still stood. Ambulances were in order for the others. Genia stumbled to her feet Her hands, even in that moment, went to her hair in that feminine gesture of reassurance that all was well with her coiffure.

She stepped over the man who had held her prisoner and by some freak of fate stumbled in that step.

A strange and grotesque thing happened. Her hands still patting at her hair, clenched in the moment of stumbling, and her hair came off!

It was stunning in its unexpectedness.

One second the most glamorous woman in America stood there—and the next, a grotesque, weird-looking woman with her bald head shining even in the crepuscular light of the rainy day, was there.

With the cessation of the shooting, curious heads poked out of all the buildings that surrounded the battle field. Eyes were everywhere, and all of them were focussed on that naked head.

Genia’s face contorted. Her mouth opened but no sounds came out.

Seemingly she had screamed her last scream. There was no emotion left to grapple with this last most unprecedented happening!

From a discreet corner, the blob of blackness that concealed The Shadow made a sound. It was an indrawing of breath. So that was the explanation! The Shadow laughed soundlessly. One more of the blackmailer’s secrets was now revealed to the world at large!

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